Alexandra Campbell is a thirty-something widow whose husband, Stewart, died in a terrorist plane crash. Amidst her grieving, she is trying to assemble her late husband's family tree in Scotland, where they lived. Thus she meets Brighamina Poulson (Briggie) a sixty-something widow whose family tree interconnects with Stewart's. Brim-full of life and confidence, Briggie sweeps Alex into the exciting world of Family History and takes her home to the states. They form their own research company, RootSearch, Inc., using their combined expertise to unravel many a complicated family tree. What they don't expect is to encounter murders which can only be solved by a genealogist who holds all the family secrets! Family historians cannot, by nature, resist a mystery! Alex and Briggie tangle with the law, with dysfunctional families, and with the heirs to fortunes, often coming to bodily harm. However, armed with the truth and Briggie's deer rifle. they always get their man!